Semantic Layer Contract Job Trends in England

Semantic Layer
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Semantic Layer skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 530 586
Rank change year-on-year +16 +56 +195
Contract jobs citing Semantic Layer 7 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.012% 0.023%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.14% 0.067% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 8
10th Percentile £386 - £503
25th Percentile £478 £506 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £606 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +1.04% +14.29%
75th Percentile £594 £725 £609
90th Percentile £600 - £653
UK median daily rate £563 £606 £600
% change year-on-year -7.22% +1.04% +20.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
England

Semantic Layer falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,046 5,992 7,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.17% 18.19% 16.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,465 4,141 5,047
10th Percentile £338 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £664
90th Percentile £750 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £543
% change year-on-year -6.19% -1.75% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 82 141
10th Percentile £21.11 £17.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £29.21 £21.44 £32.32
Median hourly rate £44.25 £36.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% -34.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.19 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +24.29% -36.36% +22.66%

Semantic Layer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Semantic Layer as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Semantic Layer in England

Semantic Layer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Semantic Layer.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Semantic Layer

Semantic Layer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Semantic Layer in England over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Semantic Layer in England

Semantic Layer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Semantic Layer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 3 £460 - 1
London +13 2 £513 -15.46%
East of England - 2 £588 -
Midlands - 1 £320 -
West Midlands - 1 £320 -
Semantic Layer
UK

Semantic Layer
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) dbt
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
2 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (28.57%) SAP BW
4 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
4 1 (14.29%) Delta Lake
4 1 (14.29%) Metadata
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (14.29%) SAP HANA
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Analytics
1 6 (85.71%) Data Modelling
2 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
4 3 (42.86%) Data Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) Data Engineering
4 3 (42.86%) ETL
4 3 (42.86%) Use Case
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) Coaching
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
5 2 (28.57%) Data Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Databricks
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) SAP